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May 16, 2009
Justin Timberlake | “Sexy Back”
HATE TO ADMIT IT, BUT…
Justin Timberlake
“Sexy Back”
2006 | Jive Records
You know what the coolest thing is about modern pop songs? The fact that the singer is never the focal point. Justin Timberlake, who, in 1998, struck me as the epitome of “uncool” with that Beavis afro and membership status in Backstreet Boys v. 2.0 (aka N Sync), has managed to keep abreast of the competition all these years through perseverance, his choice of the right producers, and the unselfish habit of placing his collaborators at the front of the mix.
Take “Sexy Back,” Timberlake’s 2006 smash hit. It poured out of every speaker system for the entire summer, defining what club music looked and sounded like that year. Given the mainstream music industry’s tendency to push singers who can’t write, play, or, in many cases, even sing, creative tricks have to be employed to keep modern Top 40 compelling – or at least commercially viable.
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